Daily Archives: 1 November 2011

One of the delightful innovations I found when I moved to my current parish was a long-standing practice of inviting parishioners–residents and college students both–to write the Sunday prayers of the faithful. Most of the people on the list were wife-husband teams … Continue reading →

Six qualities of evangelization, heavily footnoted from the writings of Paul VI and John Paul II, not to mention Vatican II’s Ad Gentes: 48. Accordingly, in conformity with this, evangelization must be viewed as the process by which the Church, … Continue reading →

GIRM Chapter 1 is titled, “The Importance and Dignity of the Celebration of the Eucharist.” We’ll cover numbered sections 16 through 26 over the next several days. Five conciliar documents are brought to bear on GIRM 16, which is essentially … Continue reading →

… being asked in full-color illustration. I was noticing in the Des Moines Register Sunday paper, there was a whole page of OWS news. Six items, I think it was. From all over the country. Don’t think this effort is … Continue reading →

about Todd Flowerday

A Roman Catholic lay person, married (since 1996), with one adopted child (since 2001). I serve in worship and spiritual life in a midwestern university parish.

about John Donaghy

John is a lay missionary since 2007 with a parish in western Honduras. Before that he served in campus ministry and social justice ministry in Iowa. His ministry blog is http://hermanojuancito.blogspot.com

He also blogs reflections on the lectionary and saints/heroes/events of the date at http://walktheway.wordpress.com

He'll be a long-term contributor here analyzing the Latin American bishops' document from their 2007 Aparecida Conference.